Re: XHTML 2.0 considered harmful

Toby A Inkster wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 08:32:37PM -0500, fantasai wrote:
> | Suppose I have a paragraph I need to have green for some
> | arbitrary reason and I style it with the class "special".
> | A bit further down I have the description of a box of
> | pencils selling as "today's special" for a reduced price.
> | I want to style it so it stands out, but not necessarily
> | by making it green. I can't use class="special" because
> | it's taken.
> 
> Then use class="green" instead!

Of course I can do that. But my *point* is that once
"special" was used for the green paragraph, it could
not be used for the pencil box description. It applies
equally to using "green". If I use "green" for the
green paragraph, I cannot use "green" for the pencil
box description.

~fantasai

Received on Thursday, 16 January 2003 12:54:53 UTC